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Su Zhi was discouraged and could only return to the camp to wait. This was the military fortress, a woman like him barging in at random was not proper etiquette.

Ah Jin was taking care of Little Pancake, and upon seeing Su Zhi coming back alone, he could not help but to look out, "Mother, where is our father?"

She shook her head helplessly. "Maybe we should wait."

The three of them waited in the tent obediently, waiting for a long time.

No matter how patient Su Zhi was, she could not help but be anxious.

She made up her mind that she would definitely meet Nie Rufeng today, thus, she got up and walked outside once again.

The moment she lifted the curtain, her delicate body slammed into a hard and unclear object, causing her to grimace in pain. When she clearly saw who it was, she clicked her tongue in surprise. "General?"

Xiao Qian had trained in the Martial Arts since childhood and was extremely sensitive to everything around him. He could clearly feel a warm breeze blowing past him, and a refreshing fragrance entered into his nose.

He lowered his head to look at the woman before him, who was shorter than him by a head, and could not help but frown. All these years he had been in the military camp, and the smell was the smell of men's sweat and horses' livestock.

"Father, mother ~"

The two of them were in a stalemate, with Little Pancake holding onto a osmanthus cake in both his hands, he struggled to jump down from Ah Jin's embrace and ran towards Xiao Qian with his two short legs.

Xiao Qian was stunned for a long time. Seeing the little ball of doll pouncing towards him, he instinctively wanted to dodge, but was afraid that she would fall down and fall down. He could only stand there motionlessly as she hugged his leg and sweetly called him daddy.

"Little Pancake, don't shout."

Su Zhi jumped in shock. She didn't even know what personality the man in front of her had, yet her own daughter wasn't on guard at all and called him Daddy. Was she not afraid of touching her reverse scale?

Xiao Qian seemed to not care, as he lowered his head and stared at Little Pancake who was rubbing against his body full of pastries, as if he was pondering about something.

Su Zhi hurried to kneel down in respect, "My apologies, this child doesn't know manners, he has caused General a lot of trouble."

Xiao Qian didn't pay attention to her as he reached out his hands to grab the clothes on the back of the little girl's neck. He lifted her up like a kitten and carried the child firmly in his arms amidst Su Zhi's surprised cries.

Then, one big and one small, eyes staring at each other, tightly hugging that soft and outrageous little girl.

This method of carrying a child quickly made Little Pancake feel uncomfortable. He struggled around with a red face, raised his little leg and kicked him.

This kind of resistance that seemed to tickle him didn't catch his attention. It was only when Little Pancake shouted out loud, did he relax her hands in panic, and almost throw the child onto the ground.

Seeing that, Su Zhi immediately grabbed the child and hugged him to comfort him. Only then did Little Pancake stop crying, leaned on Su Zhi's shoulder, and pouted as he looked at him with grievance.

Xiao Qian stood there at a loss of what to do. He looked dazedly at the little girl who had just called out his father, and instantly turned hostile in the blink of an eye.

"General, please don't blame me. I must have missed her father so much that I recognized you wrongly."

Ah Jin was also quite frightened, and carefully went up and pulled Little Pancake back, coaxing her to continue eating pastries.

Xiao Qian looked at the two children for a while, then took off his helmet. His long hair, that was like ink, flowed down, and gently draped over his thick shoulders.

Without any concealment, the sharpness he exuded lessened. Although he was by no means amiable, the sense of oppression he exuded was much less.

He turned and stood in front of Su Zhi, seemingly laughing.

Su Zhi was shocked again, sighing to herself that the general who controlled hundreds of thousands of soldiers was actually so young.

He was very handsome, with straight eyebrows, long hair, a straight nose, and a beautiful face. He did not look like a boorish man, especially with his bright and clear eyes.

Su Zhi thought that this general was only 22 or 23 years old. If not for the calluses and scars on his hands, she would have suspected that this handsome man was actually part of the army.

It was probably because Su Zhi was being too bold, that Xiao Qian's eyes intersected with hers.

Su Zhi's face reddened when she saw the bright and thoughtful look in her eyes, and she quickly pulled open the conversation box, "General, I wonder if this humble woman can meet my husband once."

He nodded for her to come out with him.

Su Zhi understood, leaving the two children in the tent, and left alone.

After walking for a long time, the tall man finally stopped and turned back to look at her. However, the expression in his eyes was too complicated. It was filled with pity and a trace of guilt.

"General?"

Seeing him like that, a bad premonition rose in Su Zhi's heart for some reason.

He paused for a moment, and with a sluggish tone, he said: "Your husband, Nie Rufeng, died in the Flat Peak Wilderness during the eighteenth battle of last month. Countless arrows pierced the heart, and none were able to return them."

Tens of thousands of arrows piercing his heart ? He couldn't return it!